Trace-holding device.



J. K. CHAMP.

TRACE HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.15,1913.

1,123,095, I Patented Dec.29,1914.

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J. K. CHAMP! TRACE HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1913 1, 1 23,095. Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN K. CHAMP, OF PARIS, KENTUCKY.

TRACE-HOLDING DEVICE.

Application filed September 15, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JoilN K. CHAMP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Bourbon and kfitate of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Holding Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for holding traces upon whifile trees and comprises a simple and efficient device of this nature having various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accon'ipanying drawings, in which 2- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the whiflle tree showing the trace holding device as applied thereto and partially in section. F ig. 2 is an end view of the trace holding device. Fig. 3 is a slight modifica tion of the whiffle tree hook. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a portion of Whittle tree showing a slight modification of my invention. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the moditied form shown in Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a still different modified form of the trace holder. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the modified form shown in Fig. 6.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates part of a whiflie tree having an aperture A formed near one end thereof and over which whifiie tree a trace B is adapted to be fitted. A housing, designated by letter C, is held by means of screws C to the whifiie tree and carries a pivotal pin D mounted in the opposite walls thereof. A lever E is pivotally mounted upon the pin D and at its outer end has an offset E therein and is adapted to engage over a trace, as shown in Fig. 1, and has pivotally connected thereto a pin F adapted to pass through the aperture A to hold the trace upon the whitlle tree. A spring H is mounted intermediate a recess A formed in the whifiie tree and a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914:.

Serial No. 789,953.

similar recess E formed in the short arm of the lever E upon the under edge thereof, the purpose of said spring being to normally hold the pin in the aperture in the whillle tree.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a slightly modified form of whiille tree and hook in which,

instead of forming an aperture in the whiltle tree, a screw A is fitted in the end of the whillie tree A and is provided with an eye A which is apertured as at A for the reception of the pin A which in turn is pivotally mounted upon one end of the lever A the whiil le tree being adapted to engage over the contracted part A of the screw and held in place by the pin, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have shown a slight modification of the invention in which a housing L is fastened to the upper surface of the face of the whifile tree in the same manner as shown in Fig. 1, but in said modified form a lever L is mounted upon a pivot L and a spring L is interposed between a recess in the casing and one in the member L and an arm L is pivotally connected to one end of the lever L and has an offset L near its end and terminates in a lug L which is adapted to hook over the edge of the whillle tree, the ofiset forming a means for the reception of the trace to be held upon the whiflie tree by said hook. In this modified form, it will be noted that the lever may be tilted and also the arm independent of the lever after the hook has been detached from the whiflie tree.

In Fig. 6 a modified form of the invention is illustrated consisting of a slightly different form of lever O pivotally mounted upon a pin 0 in the housing 0 and a leaf spring 0 engages a lug O and is fulerulned about a pin 0 and against a second pin 0 and bears against a short curved arm of the lever 0. An arm 0 is pivotally connected at O to the long arm of the lever U and terminates in a hook 0 for engagement over the edge of the whifiie tree in the same manner as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

By the provision of a whiflie tree made in accordance with my invention, it will be noted that a simple and efficient device is afforded whereby the trace may be securely held over the end of the whifiie tree by a spring suitably housed upon the whiffle tree, the end of the lever or arm connected thereto being adapted to engage the whiflle tree itself or an eye formed in a screw upon the end thereof, the trace holding end of the device being adapted to swing away from the whiifle tree when it is desired to connect the trace or detach the same therefrom.

\Vhat I claim to be new is A trace holding device comprising, in combination with a whifllctree, a housing fastened thereto, said housing having an opening upon one side and a hole in the bottom thereof, the surface of the whiflletree exposed by said hole having a recess formed therein, a pin supported in the walls of the housing adjacent to the opening therein, a lever pivotally mounted upon said pin and having a recess formed in the under edge of the short arm thereof, a spring engaging said recesses, and a trace holding link pivotally connected to the end of said lever. shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN K. CHAMP.

Witnesses:

C. O. VILMOTH, P. J. McConn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

